Breynia disticha

Breynia disticha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Phyllanthaceae
Tribe:	Phyllantheae
Subtribe:	Flueggeinae
Genus:	Breynia
Species:	B. disticha
Binomial name
Breynia disticha J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Synonyms[1]
Breynia disticha var. genuina Müll.Arg. Breynia axillaris Spreng. Melanthesa neocaledonica Baill. Melanthesa neocaledonica var. forsteri Müll.Arg. Breynia disticha var. neocaledonica (Baill.) Müll.Arg. Phyllanthus nivosus W.Bull Agave roseopictus Van Geert Phyllanthus atropurpureus Van Geert Phyllanthus nivosus roseopictus Regel Phyllanthus roseus-pictus Hovey Breynia nivosa (W.Bull) Small Phyllanthus sandwicensis var. hypoglaucus H.Lév. Breynia nivosa var. roseopicta (Regel) F.Br. Breynia disticha f. nivosa (W.Bull) Croizat ex Radcl.-Sm.

Breynia disticha is a plant in the family Phyllanthaceae, first described in 1776. It is native to New Caledonia and Vanuatu in the western Pacific, but naturalized on a wide assortment of other islands around the world (West Indies, São Tomé, Seychelles, Chagos Islands, Bonin Islands, Norfolk Island, Fiji, Line Islands, Society Islands, Hawaii, etc.).^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
3. Figueiredo, E., Paiva, J., Stévart, T., Oliveira, F. & Smith, G.F. (2011). Annotated catalogue of the flowering plants of São Tomé and Príncipe. Bothalia 41: 41-82.
4. Friedmann, F. (1994). Flore des Seychelles Dicotylédones: 1-663. ORSTOM éditions.
5. de Lange, P.J., Gardner, R.O., Sykes, W.R., Crowcroft, G.M., Cameron, E.K., Stalker, F., Christian, M.L. & Braggins, J.E. (2005). Vascular flora of Norfolk Island: some additions and taxonomic notes. New Zealand Journal of Botany 43: 563-596.
6. Wester, L. (1985). Checklist of the vascular plants of the Northern Line Islands. Atoll Research Bulletin 287: 1-38.

External links

• Hyland, B. P. M.; Whiffin, T.; Zich, F. A.; et al. (Dec 2010). "Factsheet – Breynia disticha". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants. Edition 6.1, online version [RFK 6.1]. Cairns, Australia: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), through its Division of Plant Industry; the Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research; the Australian Tropical Herbarium, James Cook University. Retrieved 23 June 2013.